Songs That Say It All

Tom Petty has died and we should reflect at what a comfort his songs have been to us throughout the past few decades. Just a week ago he was playing his last show at the Hollywood Bowl during his most successful tour. His life was like any kid who didn’t like sports and couldn’t find himself while growing up in Florida. His father tried to “beat the sissy “ out of him so Tom wrote the song called I Won’t Back Down.

His songs were full of defiance that we all felt growing up. Songs called Don’t Do Me Like That, Don’t Come Around Here No More, You Don’t Know How It Feels, I Don’t Scare Easy, You Don’t Have To Live Like A Refugee, Stop Dragging My Heart Around and the most famous song called,  I Won’t Back Down. His songs spoke for us and still do in this age of protesting all the time about something.

It is fitting that after 40 years of song writing that he wrote the reflective song on his last album called I Forgive It All. Tom Petty wrote songs for anyone who felt lonely and misunderstood. His message is simple and profound. We will never forget his famous song called I’m Free, Free Fallin’. Listen to his body of work at least for one last time.